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André Gide
Geburtstag: 22. November 1869
Todesdatum: 19. Februar 1951
Andere Namen:André Paul Guillaume Gide
André Paul Guillaume Gide [ɑ̃dˈʁe pɔl ɡiˈjom ʒid] war ein französischer Schriftsteller. 1947 erhielt er den Literaturnobelpreis.
Zitate André Gide
„Jeder Schweizer trägt seine Gletscher in sich.“
— André Gide
Stirb und werde. Deutsch von Johanna Borek. Gesammelte Werke, Bd. 1/1. Stuttgart 1989. S. 328
„André Gide soll gesagt haben: "Oft merkt man nicht, wenn sich eine Tür schließt, dass sich eine andere öffnet.“
— André Gide
Gesine Schwan im Interview. DIE ZEIT - Campus Nr. 3/2009 10. Mai 2009
„Theorie des Buches: toter Buchstabe? Ein Sack Samenkörner.“
— André Gide
Aus den Tagebüchern 1889-1939. Übersetzung und Auswahl von Maria Schaefer-Rümelin. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt 1961. Seite 53 books. google
„Mit den schönen Gefühlen macht man die schlechte Literatur.“
— André Gide
Dostoiewsky. Paris 1923; p.247
„It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.“
— André Gide, Autumn Leaves
Autumn Leaves, Philosophical eLibrary, 2012, (Feuillets d'automne, 1941, trans. Jeanine Parisier Plottel)
Frequently misattributed to Marilyn Monroe or Kurt Cobain.
„Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it“
— André Gide
Context: Believe those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it; doubt all, but do not doubt yourself.
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„Man is more interesting than men.“
— André Gide
Context: Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all.
Literature and Ethics, entry for 1901
„I have my own virtue, which I am constantly cultivating and refining by teaching myself not to tolerate in me or my surroundings anything but the exquisite.“
— André Gide
Context: In my present insistence on high standards you will see that there is less self-indulgence than resolve and application. I do not let the Christian monopolize the ideal of perfection. I have my own virtue, which I am constantly cultivating and refining by teaching myself not to tolerate in me or my surroundings anything but the exquisite.
Maurice in “Characters,” p. 298
